The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1887-06-09

waiting for me, ] would flank him.
rode o distance Of about eight mile,
and then turned square TO the Lortl
and kept moving until l snw the firs
signs Of daylight. Then / dismount.
cd and unsaddled again, and wa
fortunate enough to fad wator fo
tho horse in q small natural basin
Day was so long coming that the an
imal was fairly roslod by the tiino
could distinguish objects q mil,
away. When / had tho saddle AL
lusted, the sun was rising.
All around was an open plain
Away TO the east saw two or tbre,
black objects on the line Of the ho.
rizon, but all other points OF tn,
compass were clear.
Mounting. I took up what I bs.
lieved to be true course for For,
Dodge, and had ridden for abou,
an hour when Dog Killer Suddenly
left the cover OF dry ravine half o
mile to the left and rode straight at
me. My FIRST impulse was to fly
but then came the thought that his
horse could travel two test while
mite was going one, and 1 halted,
leaped 10 the ground and got my
rife ready. The willy savage halted
at this moment. He had the idea
that left the camp unarmed, while
he could not see that had rifle.
Ee was armed with Q much better
weapon than mine, but did not care
to face me on anything like equal
terms
Probably suspecting that had q
single-barreled ride, Dog Killer
manUuvered to draw my FIRE. He
began circlipg around me, altering
yells and tauuts and firing an occa-
sional bullet, but I realized his OBJ
ject and refused to waste my bullet
until the right moment. by and
by, whom he was within fair range,
fred at his horse. II could kill the
Pony the chief could no longer pur,
sue me.
At tho crack OF the rife his horse
rolled over, and fortunately fell up
on its rider in such way as to hold
him to the earth for a moment. This
gavo mo time to reload. As Dog
Killer struggled up no drew mp his
riho and fred, and my own animal
went down in o h5ap, struck IN the
head. This left a. luce to face, on-h
with rifle in his hands. He fred
twice ut mo before | raised my gun,
but .hehullets whistled over my head,
while mine struck him in tho chest
and laid him on the grass.
After reloaiing went over TO him
and found him, az dead believed
stono dead. l took away his rifle,
knife, and tosiahswk aud ammunition
and likewise appropriated govern
nout medal he was wearing around,
his neck. didn't want two guns,
and SO sluDg mino away, together
with tho ammunition. destroyed
both saddles rs we'll as / could
made knapsack Of blankets and
provisions, and within an hour after
first sighting the Dog Killer was
heading for the fort ON foot.
For tho first fifty rods l looked
back at brief intervals | own that
l WAS awod and frightened at tho
knowledge that had killed human
being, although in fair defence Of my
life. Then, too. his fierce face. his
half open eyes, the bloody froth on
his lips, made up picture to haunt
me- l bad gone perhaps half>a-mile
and bad halted on little knoll to
survey thoplain, when bullet scream
cd past my ear and q rife cracked
spitefully. wheeled around and
there was Dog Killer resting on bis
knees within twenty rods of me.
The malignity which inspires the
red man had shaken off the clutch OF
death and forced him to follow me
in the hope Of accomplishing my de-
struction. He picked up the absu.
ioned ride and his bullet cut close
10 my head.
l drew up ny rifle to shoot him,
oat be did not finch He waved his
,and and tried to shout defiance.
could not pull the trigger on a dy-
ng man, even il an enemy. 1 shoul-
lered the weapon aud walked brisk
> on, and l was only we'll out Of
'ange when he fred again. Five
niles away ! ascended q swell which
yave me good view Of my Trial, and
beheld Dog Killer creeping along
'ver the path like the incarnate fiend